Fimo and clay tips and tutorials
This weeks search on Flickr for polymer clay goodies yielded unexpected treasure. The steampunk bat is just fabulous – all those details! The little miniature foods, getting ready for the holidays… tasty looking. Sweet looking bears and a cleverly done … Read More ...
I searched for pumpkins to see what folks were doing with the theme this autumn. Polymer clay is such a flexible medium you can interpret a theme an awful lot of ways…
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| Pumpkin Decor by HelensClayArt | Pumpkin Pie Earrings by |
Here’s a cute tutorial for the Halloween season – candy tins! Tuck your treats into the nifty containers. As the tutorial mentions, there’s so many ways to decorate your tins.
I do advise coating your mica powdered tins with … Read More ...
It’s definitely autumn where I am and the colours are starting to match the traditional autumn shades outside. Sculpey has a cute decor project that’s perfect for the season: little faux caramel apples.
You could use these as place … Read More ...
All fall colours in my flickr finds this week! People were doing beautiful colours in browns, reds, golds, sages.
1. Polymer clay acorn pendant with enameled copper oak leaf, 2. Polymer Clay Cheerleaders, 3. Cupcake Christmas Ornaments – … Read More ...
Kelly Donovan offers two video tutorials for how she does mokume gane – it’s always good to see how another artist does this popular technique!… Read More ...
Most of my time is spent making canes and beads to be used in handmade jewellery. I always tell myself I should make more in the way of housewares than the few items I make. These great pieces just reinforce … Read More ...
Lynn and Lou sent me a link to one of their projects – a neat bracelet project made with clay beads (she links to the bead making project as well). Making your own beads to coordinate with your own work … Read More ...
Meg sent me a link to her sunflower magnet tutorial. The project is quick and easy and right in season! You could easily use the same techniques to make flowers of your choice (marbled reds and golds, smaller centres … Read More ...
The garden and bbq season is winding down here. I’m pretty sure I picked the last of my cucumbers – we made fabulous pickles – and my carrots were nowhere near that pretty. And probably as small as the adorable … Read More ...
One of the most recent projects on Sculpey.com is this beauty from Cara Jane Hayman. Her own site has great clay everything on it and is definitely worth checking out. Regularly.… Read More ...
I had the fortune, on Saturday, to visit the Mini Maker Faire in Calgary, my hometown. Created by Make Magazine (or sponsored? inspired by?) the Maker Faires are a series of events all around the world that are a combination … Read More ...
Some more fun and cheery Halloween clay:
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| Halloween Creatures by Erinle |
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| Witch’s Hat by RedCreekDesignCo |
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| Halloween Cake Magnet by ClayConfectionary |
JooJoo on Etsy is a talented jewellery and print artist. She’s also a talented clayer, as you can see from the adorable little cactus on her site. I found the cactus as I was looking for inspiration – yes, I … Read More ...
The nice folks from CraftFoxes sent me a link to their spooky forest sticks. I know there’s always a debate about clay having contact with food but I’m in the camp that brief decorative contact (like cake toppers or … Read More ...
